Extension: a) After reading the poem once, divide
the class into three groups. Have each group read two consecutive stanzas. b) Divide the class into four teams to do research.
Ask each team to research one topic and to report back to the class. Possible topics include the following:What is the most common scientific thinking about how dinosaurs died?Tell the story of at least one research team that found dinosaur bones. What do scientists think the earth was like
when dinosaurs lived (the climate, the plants, the animals)?What are the most
recent dinosaur discoveries?